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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
Good points. I appreciate your noting that this could function almost as a community centre as much as a CFL stadium. However I do question to what extent that the other parties would be agreeable to allowing this to happen, but I guess that depends on how the whole deal is worked out - details that we do not have.
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In the new world of sports business, the stadium has to be seen as a place where people congregate for things other than a bimonthly event. Be it the stadium itself or an adjunct you want people to be used to being in that vicinity... often.
It might be shops and restaurants like Ottawa or Edmonton for example has its Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre next to the stadium and also the Downtown Community Arena built into Rogers Place.
If you want to survive in this new world you have to be open to the changing marketplace and new ideas. Even the once venerable NFL is now vulnerable. You can't be cocky about your place in the market. I like Commissioner Ambrosie's attitude about the success in Ottawa. "People showed up for a party and a football game broke out."
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